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Coke Studio Bangla will release their first song tonight

Coke Studio Bangla will release their first song tonight

FE Online 2022-02-23 15:16:22

Coke Studio Bangla is all set to drop their first song tonight  at 8 pm on their youtube channel. The producer of the project Shayan Chowdhury Arnob and ambassador of Coca-Cola Bangladesh Tahsan...

Indulging in the captivating lyrics of Sufjan ‘enchanting’ Stevens

Indulging in the captivating lyrics of Sufjan ‘enchanting’ Stevens

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-02-23 14:23:08

Go follow your gem, your white feathered friendIcarus, point to the sunIf history speaks of two baby teethI'm painting the hills blue and redThey said beware, Lord hear my prayerI've wasted my throes...

‘From Paris with Love’ is a fast-paced Travolta action

‘From Paris with Love’ is a fast-paced Travolta action

Iftekharul Islam 2022-02-22 17:31:18

‘From Paris with Love,’ the name may seem like a romantic movie. But don’t let this fool you, as this movie is all about gunslinging action sequences and fighting terrorists. ...

Music composer Abhijit Banerjee passes away

Music composer Abhijit Banerjee passes away

-- 2022-02-21 20:26:16

Abhijit Banerjee, noted music composer of many popular Bangla songs, has died at the age of 90. He breathed his last on Monday at his home in Kolkata. He was suffering from health issues related to o...

The Longest Johns ride sea shanty craze wave

The Longest Johns ride sea shanty craze wave

-- 2022-02-21 18:10:14

Two years ago, British a capella folk band The Longest Johns performed their sea shanties in local Bristol pubs. This week they embark on their first US tour, enjoying a wave of success stemming from...

Tom Holland's 'Uncharted' tops Box Office charts with $44m debut

Tom Holland's 'Uncharted' tops Box Office charts with $44m debut

-- 2022-02-21 08:39:38

Sony's long-in-the-works video game adaptation "Uncharted" collected $44 million over the weekend, enough to lead domestic box office charts and solidify Tom Holland's star power. The big-budget acti...

The world is just a pile of grunge

The world is just a pile of grunge

SWADHIN SHAHPORAN 2022-02-20 16:44:44

Grunge, a word synonymous with dirt or grime, became a descriptor of a new music genre, a genre that shaped the youth culture of the 1990s and a genre that’s still relevant some 30 years later,...

Happy Birthday Kurt Cobain - The symbol of the '90s teen spirit

Happy Birthday Kurt Cobain - The symbol of the '90s teen spirit

Iftekharul Islam 2022-02-20 13:23:22

Counterculture has been part of the US mainstream culture since the 1960s. It changed the course of music worldwide in many ways, including giving birth to many genres.  In the ‘90s, Kurt...

Death on the Nile fails to meet the expectations of Agatha Christie fans

Death on the Nile fails to meet the expectations of Agatha Christie fans

Iftekharul Islam 2022-02-19 12:35:10

When talking about detectives in English literature, Hercule Poirot is considered the second most famous detective of all time.  Agatha Christie’s widely popular detective novel series has...

Brad Pitt sues Angelina Jolie over vineyard where they got married

Brad Pitt sues Angelina Jolie over vineyard where they got married

-- 2022-02-18 19:09:38

Brad Pitt is suing his ex-wife Angelina Jolie for selling her stake in the French vineyard they bought together. The couple purchased a controlling interest in Chateau Miraval in 2008 and got married...

14 Years of Breaking Bad: The mesmerising cinematic painting of blood, glory and despair

14 Years of Breaking Bad: The mesmerising cinematic painting of blood, glory and despair

Shadya Naher Sheyam 2022-02-17 13:54:14

“Say my name” - and we all know whose name comes up! Breaking Bad, created by Vince Gilligan, is one of the most critically celebrated television shows of all time.  ‘BrBa,&rs...

Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri dies

Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri dies

-- 2022-02-16 09:26:07

Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 80s and 90s, has died following multiple health issues, a doctor treating him said on Wednesday, February 16, 2022., He was...

Legendary Bengali singer Sandhya Mukhopadhyay no more

Legendary Bengali singer Sandhya Mukhopadhyay no more

-- 2022-02-15 21:04:19

Legendary Bengali singer Sandhya Mukhopadhyay has died in hospital care at the age of 90, reports bdnews24.com Anandabazar Patrika. She passed away on Tuesday after being hospitalised last month with...

Silence of the Lambs: Hannibal is still the most fearsome antagonist

Silence of the Lambs: Hannibal is still the most fearsome antagonist

Iftekharul Islam 2022-02-15 15:06:51

Horror movies are considered the cult favourites in Hollywood. They draw a large audience and succeed at the box office most of the time; only a few manage to reach the Oscars. In 92 years of Academy...

Rising above shame to embracing independence: Hoichoi’s new series ‘Uttroron’

Rising above shame to embracing independence: Hoichoi’s new series ‘Uttroron’

Lubaba Mahjabin Prima 2022-02-14 17:14:11

What happens when a private video of a woman belonging to a traditional Bengali household gets leaked? Instead of running away in shame and hiding from society, the best course of action should be em...

Live as a good man, or die as a monster - the question that Shutter Island never answered

Live as a good man, or die as a monster - the question that Shutter Island never answered

Iftekharul Islam 2022-02-14 13:04:20

Martin Scorsese is known for his famous gangster-themed films. Even though after his major success in Taxi Driver, he made only two psychological thriller films, Cape Fear and The Departed, although n...

Supreme Court upholds ‘status quo’ order on BFAA's general secretary post

Supreme Court upholds ‘status quo’ order on BFAA's general secretary post

-- 2022-02-14 12:36:34

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld the ‘status quo’ order by the Chamber Court on the Bangladesh Film Artistes Association general secretary’s post and has direct...

German film puts spotlight on Turkish migrants

German film puts spotlight on Turkish migrants

-- 2022-02-14 08:58:06

A film about a German-Turkish mother's quest to free her son from Guantanamo prison poses questions about Germany's attitude towards millions of Turkish migrants who have made the country their home e...

How K-drama dethroned Hindi serials

How K-drama dethroned Hindi serials

Megh Rahman 2022-02-13 16:52:33

Hana dul set! Niga neomu joha ottoke ottoke~ niga neomu yeppeo ottoke ottoke~  Mmmm, look who started humming as the song goes by. Seems like these lyrics can uplift your mood in a jiffy. Y...

Black Sabbath: The first chapter of heavy metal music

Black Sabbath: The first chapter of heavy metal music

Swadhin Shahporan 2022-02-13 12:09:24

On this day 52 years ago, Black Sabbath released their eponymous debut album and shook the earth to its core, giving birth to the heavy metal genre in the process.  Disregarding the hippy-centri...

Two Asian films explore burden of past violence at Berlin Festival

Two Asian films explore burden of past violence at Berlin Festival

-- 2022-02-13 08:47:45

Two southeast Asian films competing at this year's Berlin Film Festival explore what violence does to human beings, one through painful historical narrative and one through fantasy, Reuters reports....

The Crown season 4 delves deep into British Royal Family's  modernisation efforts

The Crown season 4 delves deep into British Royal Family's modernisation efforts

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-02-12 14:40:56

"For Better Or Worse, The Crown Has Landed On My Head. And I Say We Go."  This single quote from Claire Foy, playing Queen Elizabeth in Netflix’s widely acclaimed show  ‘The Cro...

US rapper Snoop Dogg accused of sexual assault

US rapper Snoop Dogg accused of sexual assault

-- 2022-02-11 10:59:13

An unidentified woman has filed a civil lawsuit that accuses American rapper Snoop Dogg of sexual assault and battery after she attended one of his concerts in 2013. The lawsuit was filed on Wednesda...

Bangla mime to give local culture a boost

Bangla mime to give local culture a boost

FE REPORT 2022-02-10 10:08:00

An initiative has been launched to promote local culture through Bangla pantomime. Bangla Mime (Pantomime) Research Centre (BMRC) with the slogan of Bangla Mime, the identity of Bangla nationhood,...

Farooki’s "No Land’s Man" gets Prix du Public award in France

Farooki’s "No Land’s Man" gets Prix du Public award in France

-- 2022-02-09 12:22:04

Acclaimed filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's first international language film “No Land’s Man” won the coveted Prix du Public (fiction film audience) award at the 28th Vesoul Interna...

Adele, 'Queen of the BRITs', wins big at British music awards

Adele, 'Queen of the BRITs', wins big at British music awards

-- 2022-02-09 10:59:04

Chart-topping superstar Adele won the top three prizes at the BRIT Awards on Tuesday, in the first genderless edition of Britain's annual pop music honours, Reuters reports. Nicknamed "Queen of the B...

'The Power of the Dog', 'Dune' lead Oscar race

'The Power of the Dog', 'Dune' lead Oscar race

-- 2022-02-08 22:11:05

Dark Western "The Power of the Dog" led the field of this year's Academy Awards contenders on Tuesday with 12 nominations for the Netflix Inc film, ahead of the 10 nods for science-fiction epic "Dune....

'Taxi Driver' is still as intriguing as it was 46 years ago

'Taxi Driver' is still as intriguing as it was 46 years ago

Iftekharul Islam 2022-02-08 18:48:22

In the early ‘70s, the Vietnam war ended and the veterans who fought returned to their country. Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, many veterans found it hard to blend into existing...

“Innovation is the name of any game” - Visionary producer Bijon Imtiaz talks about the local filmmaking industry

“Innovation is the name of any game” - Visionary producer Bijon Imtiaz talks about the local filmmaking industry

Shadique Mahbub Islam   2022-02-08 18:47:27

In our country, or in a broader sense, the Indian subcontinent, the role of a producer in a film project has been more or less confined to financing the project, and nothing else. Films mostly revolv...

Vote-buying scandal: Hearing of Nipun Akter’s appeal against Zayed Khan on Wednesday

Vote-buying scandal: Hearing of Nipun Akter’s appeal against Zayed Khan on Wednesday

-- 2022-02-08 17:32:55

The Appellate Division chamber judge will hear actress Nipun Akter’s appeal against the High Court stay on the Bangladesh Film Artistes Association’s decision to scrap the candidacy of act...